Please send us a shipment of 10,000 pamphlets, if that is ok, and we can put them in the hands of our officers and community partners. They can be shipped to the address below. 1 Yorkdale Rd, Suite 600, Toronto, Ont. M6A3A1. David Rydzik Acting Superintendent Community Partnerships and Engagement Unit

Lawyers, Paralegals, Law Firms, Judges, Arbitrators & Mediators and others in the Legal Profession turn to Legal Line as an excellent legal resource in ALL areas of law. Many want to volunteer their services and become a part of the Legal Line Access to Justice movement!

Insurance and Tax Specialists including the CRA, Banks, Accountants and other Tax Services, along with various Government and Small Business Centres include Legal Line as part of their legal resource tool kit.

Government Information Centres, Small Business Centres, Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, Small Business Associations and Employment Resource Centres all consider Legal Line a valuable legal resource.

Educators and students alike across Canada are promoting and using Legal Line in their classrooms, resource and information centres, student unions, student legal clinics and libraries, and at various events. Numerous Adult Education instructors also proudly distribute Legal Line materials to their students.

Legal Line is distributed in Courthouses across Canada, including Family, Criminal and Small Claims Courts, Victim/Witness Assistance Program court offices, and through Native Family Courtworker programs. Materials are also distributed through Salvation Army Court Chaplains.

Libraries across Canada, including public libraries, law libraries, and high school, college and university libraries have embraced Legal Line and are proud to offer it as a valuable public legal resource to their patrons.

On February 28, Treasurer Paul Schabas of The Law Society of Ontario announced that Antree Demakos had won the 2018 John Shirley Denison Award for her role as Founder and Chief Information Officer for Legal Line, which is responsible for helping 3 million Canadians a year with Free Legal Help. * (more pictures) Antree has earned the trusted support of Law Society Treasurers since 1993; and, as a valuable part of their Access to Justice initiative, The Law Society website has linked community members to Legal Line since 2008. In addition to answering 31,000 enquiries every day, we also refer…

The Law Society announces Legal Line wins the 2018 John Shirley Denison Award The Law Society Award Celebration pictures and details Legal Line’s Chief Information Officer Antree Demakos’ 2018 Award speech… OUR HISTORY WITH THE LAW SOCIETY “The Law Society has been aware of the Legal Line project since 1991, and has assisted in its development of both the telephone and website systems. Having been involved with ‘Dial-a-law’, I am pleased to see the development of new technology in action.” Gemma Zecchini Director of Change Integration The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) “As a former practicing lawyer…

Legal Line flyers were first displayed and available at The Supreme Court of Canada in the year 1999, and soon thereafter, we received a very supportive and congratulatory letter requesting an additional 1,000 Legal Line guides. In 2017, the prestigious LEXPERT award for ‘Celebrating Women in Law’ was presented to Ms Antree Demakos, Chief Information Officer for Legal Line, and the Keynote Speaker was The Honourable Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella (bottom right corner). In 2016, Legal Line is invited to The Supreme Court of Canada talk on Access to Justice at The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)…

By a unanimous vote from Mayor John Tory’s entire office, the 2017 Constance E. Hamilton Equity Award was presented to Legal Line’s founder, Antree C. Demakos. The Access, Equity and Human Rights Award is the City’s highest honour recognizing people or programs that have made a difference by reducing discrimination and barriers to equality. These are community-driven awards, and the nominations come from Toronto residents and a panel of community individuals with expertise and knowledge of issues pertinent to the award. Councillor Lucy Troisi, Councillor Joe Mihevc, Legal Line Founder Antree C. Demakos, Mayor John Tory, Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam As the Winner of the Constance…

After reviewing the free Legal Line materials with Ian Levine, Chief Justice George Strathy states, “Legal Line is an important public service. Thank you for your great work.” The Honourable George R. Strathy, Chief Justice of Ontario In 2017, The Law Society of Upper Canada presented honorary Doctor of Laws degrees, honoris causa (LLD), to The Honourable George R. Strathy, Chief Justice of Ontario, at Call to the Bar ceremonies held in Toronto on June 27 at Roy Thomson Hall. The Law Society awards honorary doctorates to distinguished people to recognize outstanding achievements in the legal profession, the rule of law or the cause of justice. Chief Justice Strathy practised civil litigation for 30 years and…

During an international education coalition held in China, Luisa Valencia, Director from the Philippine Commission of Higher Education and Legal Line's Antree Demakos discuss how Legal Line could assist foreign nationals seeking to study and do business in Canada.

In honour of Black History Month, an exciting evening with acclaimed author and human rights activist, Lawrence Hill was hosted as a joint celebration by The Law Society of Upper Canada and the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL.ca).

The 2016 annual Ontario Paralegal Association (OPA) Christmas Dinner and Charity Fundraiser, OPA President Stephen Parker, and Ian Levine from Legal Line discussed new ways in which Legal Line can better connect the public to the much needed services of Ontario paralegals. If you are a paralegal with ideas of how, together, we can best serve the people of Ontario, please email your thoughts to ian@Legalline.ca The event was a huge success in support of Baskets for Babies, a grass roots Charity started and run by Sean O’Connor, (ticketsave.ca) one of Ontario’s first licensed paralegals.

As a Steering Committee member, Legal Line’s Ian Levine focuses on the promotion of Access to Justice and Public Legal Education. Legal Line Guides and Flyers are readily available for Free at every law seminar and in 365 public library systems and 2,100 branches across Canada. The Toronto Public Library system (including 99 branches) reports that legal resources and seminars are the most popular and well received program it has ever offered, and as such, Legal Line flyers are now available at thousands of libraries across Canada. Toronto Public Library Mission: “Toronto Public Library provides free and equitable access…